DPN Topics
Community Forest Resource Area The community forest resource area is the common forest land that has been traditionally protected and conserved for sustainable use by a particular community. The community uses it to access resources available within the traditional and customary boundary of the village; and for seasonal use of landscape in case […]
West Nile Virus The West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne, single-stranded RNA virus. According to the WHO, it is “a member of the flavivirus genus and belongs to the Japanese Encephalitis antigenic complex of the family Flaviviridae”. Transmission Culex species of mosquitoes act as the principal vectors for transmission. It is transmitted by […]
Planetary boundaries and biodiversity Biodiversity has been defined as one of nine planetary boundaries that help regulate the planet’s operating system. But humanity is crossing those boundaries, threatening life on Earth. The planetary boundary for biodiversity loss was initially measured by extinction rates, but this, as well as other measurements, have proved to […]
30th anniversary of the Panchayati Raj Concept: Three decades ago, in 1992, the Constitution 73rd (on Panchayat Raj) and 74th Amendment Acts (on Nagarpalika or urban local bodies) were enacted. These amendments were to give expression to Article 40 of the Constitution which enshrines one of the Directive Principles of State Policy, which […]
A bacteria which can tolerate disinfectants A bacteria have been discovered in Antarctica with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and have the potential to spread out of the polar regions, according to scientists in Chile. They found that the Pseudomonas bacteria, one of the predominant bacteria groups in the […]
Monkeypox Monkeypox was first reported in 1958 in laboratory monkeys and the first human case was reported in 1970 in a nine month old baby in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nigeria reported its first case of monkeypox in humans in 1970 when one case was detected; there were two human cases of […]
Inquilab Zindabad slogan will stay relevant till people continue their struggle against diverse inequalities There are some iconic words or expressions that become immortal and stay with us forever. Inquilab (Revolution) is one of them. It was used for the first time in a slogan Inquilab Zindabad (Long Live Revolution) by Maulana Hasrat […]
Nano Urea The Prime Minister virtually inaugurated the “country’s first Nano Urea Liquid” plant of IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited) during a “Sahakar Se Samriddhi” event – a gathering of all cooperative institutions of Gujarat– at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. The Rs 175-crore IFFCO unit at Kalol has a capacity to produce […]
Fertilizer subsidy Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the central government’s subsidy Bill for fertilisers will cross an estimated Rs 2 lakh crore this financial year — 25 per cent more than the fertiliser subsidy of the last financial year. Fertilizer subsidy Farmers buy fertilisers at MRPs (maximum retail price) below their normal […]
CSK Fan Craze tie up for digital collectibles Subject: Science and Technology Section: Computer and IT Context: Four-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Friday announced that it had signed an exclusive partnership with FanCraze, a cricket metaverse company, to issue digital collectibles and build Web 3.0 experiences. Concept – A non-fungible token […]